On Jan 12, 10:01 am, "miker" <miker4butnospa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> <<I do not have an ammeter, just a very basic Radio Shack Volt Meter.>>
>
> Then you have an ammeter. Use it on the current (amps) setting, start
with
> the highest setting and work your way down looking for a reading. For
amps
> you hook it in series, not in parallel like for voltage readings.
>
> << And even if there were a diode, which there very well could be
> (No Schematic was provided in the manual) in the output side drawing
> something, while driving, I can not imagine that it would be a whole
> lot compared to the draw of any other accessories PPL tend to use. I'm
> fairly certain that the alternator will have no problem keeping
> up :-). >>
>
> No, no problem keeping up. The issue would be if you leave the car sit
for
> days (air****t, etc) without being plugged in.
>
> miker
If I were going to let the car sit for days, say at the air****t, I
would for sure disconnect it from the quick connector :-). As a mater
of fact since I'd have no A.C. there, I'd leave the charger/maintainer
home :-).
Now that I have it connected up in the garage, I notice, with the help
of my stereo, cause when it kicks in, it slightly interferes with my
FM reception, since I have my FM antenna sitting on top of the roof
trusses of the garage, that it kicks in, On Charge, for about maybe 5
seconds, every so many minutes. Haven't timed the OFF (Fully Charged
time), but guessing it is maybe 4 to 5 minutes of off time, 5 secs of
charge time. Does that sound about right?? I had exchanged that
battery once before under its' 3 yrs free exchange warranty. It's a
"Duralast" sold at Auto Zone. And I'd hate to bug them again>>LOL.
I Went out there with my voltmeter, and with the charger/maintainer
off, NO LOAD, the battery sits stable at around 13.5 volts. Put a load
on it by turning the lights/high beams on for a short while, and
watched the battery quickly drop to its' 12 VDC. Turned the lights off
and let the charger take it back up, and appeared to be holding at
that 13.4>13.5, then came back in the house.
So basically wondering if that sounds about right, the maintainer
cutting in for about 5 secs every few minutes to keep it topped off???
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